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January 2017

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Comparative analysis of the Rotarix™ vaccine strain and G1P[8] rotaviruses

Rotavirus strains & the Rotarix™ vaccine

January 3, 2017

Comparative analysis of the Rotarix™ vaccine strain and G1P[8] rotaviruses

G1P[8] rotaviruses are responsible for the majority of human rotavirus infections worldwide. However, the effect of universal mass vaccination with rotavirus vaccines on circulating G1P[8] rotaviruses is still poorly understood. New genomic research shows the possible impact of vaccination at the strain level for the first time.

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January 24, 2017

Evolutionary origins of the emergent ST796 clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Andrew H. Buultjens, Margaret M.C. Lam, Susan Ballard, Ian R. Monk, Andrew A. Mahony, Elizabeth A. Grabsch, M. Lindsay Grayson, Stanley Pang, Geoffrey W. Coombs, J. Owen Robinson, Torsten Seemann, Paul D.R. Johnson, Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2916 PubMed 28149688

January 19, 2017

Panel strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae for beta-lactam antibiotic evaluation: their phenotypic and genotypic characterization

Roshan Dsouza, Naina Adren Pinto, InSik Hwang, YoungLag Cho, Dongeun Yong, Jongrak Choi, Kyungwon Lee, Yunsop Chong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2896 PubMed 28133574

January 3, 2017

Comparative analysis of the Rotarix™ vaccine strain and G1P[8] rotaviruses detected before and after vaccine introduction in Belgium

Mark Zeller, Elisabeth Heylen, Sana Tamim, John K. McAllen, Ewen F. Kirkness, Asmik Akopov, Sarah De Coster, Marc Van Ranst, Jelle Matthijnssens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2733 PubMed 28070453

January 25, 2017

Retrospective study of prognostic factors in pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease

Nan-Chang Chiu, Hsin Chi, Chun-Chih Peng, Hung-Yang Chang, Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang, Lung Chang, Wei-Te Lei, Chien-Yu Lin